In spite of being on crutches and unable to drive, last night the cabinet was completed. There was no way I could of done it without Adam's help. He came over after work, loaded the needed parts and tools (including me!) to finish it into the van and away we went. Thankfully, the guy who did the beautiful faux finishing on it delivered straight from his studio to the client. Although the French Provincial style isn't one that I'd personally select for my own house I'm proud of the way this entire cabinet turned out and learned a lot from it. That's the upside to doing one of a kind pieces, seems as if there is always something you learn that you can apply to other challenges as they come up. When I look back at the initial sketch that Durette Studio sent for me to bid on I think it came out remarkably well!
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The composition ornamentation really shows how dimensional it is in this view. Some of the largest work I've done but so much easier and quicker than hand carving all of this detail. Adam and I installed the television as well and the mechanism from Nexus is a quiet, smooth operating piece of equipment. When we first tried the swivel action, it seemed to stop at about 95 degrees -- not a good thing. Ron decided to give just a bit more effort and in spite of making some strange noises the unit swiveled like it was supposed to. After that I remembered reading in the manual that the first swivel or two may be difficult as the bearings need to set in.
All in all, this was a good project, one I'm glad to have taken on and completed.
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